books

Underground: The Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche

by Haruki Murakami

reading
December 2025 - present

Snow Country

by Yasunari Kawabata

reading
January 2026 - present

Indonesia, Etc.

by Elizabeth Pisani

read
July 2025

I've always been interested in multilingual and multicultural countries. This is pretty good book to get an idea of what Indonesia is.

Seratonin

by Michel Houellebecq

read
April 2025

Not his best work, quite forgettable.

Operation Paperclip

by Annie Jacobsen

read
May 2025

An account of the covert operations performed at the end and post WW2. It's alright.

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Diaz

read
February 2025

Surprisingly good. Felt quite derivative of 100 Years of Solitude, though.

The End of History and the Last Man

by Francis Fukuyama

partial
September 2024

Only got 40% of the way through. Felt like Fukuyama kept repeating himself afterwards. I don't think history was too kind to this book, either.

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

by Milan Kundera

read
August 2024

A nice reminder that humans live to suffer. Bittersweet and enjoyable novel.

Elon Musk

by Walter Isaacson

read
January 2024

Really good. Isaacson doesn't miss.

Atomised

by Michel Houellebecq

read
October 2023

In classic Houellebecq form, you'll feel bad after reading this. Fantastic novel.